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The Nanking Cargo, a Chinese Porcelain Flared Bowl, C. 1751
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The Nanking Cargo, a Chinese Porcelain Flared Bowl, C. 1751

18th century
Sold 1 December 2025 · Lee Sherman Antiques
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The Nanking Cargo, a Chinese porcelain bowl, c. 1751. This is the second of four we recently acquired. Delightful bowl of gently sloping form with blue exterior underglaze decoration, part glazed to the interior, sitting upon a raised foot. Original Christies label to the base, lot number 3206. This is one of four similar bowls we have recently acquired, look out for the others, we are happy to combine shipping.

Christie’s Amsterdam ‘Nanking Cargo’ label to the base.

Provenance: The Nanking Cargo sale, Christie’s Amsterdam, 28 April – 2 May 1986.

Diameter – 13.5 cm,

Height – 7 cm,

Condition – Excellent. tiny unglazed area under rim, this is from firing. No restoration.

Date of Manufacture

Lee Sherman Antiques has dated this Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Flared Bowl to the 1750s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
7.2cm (2.83")
Width
13.5cm (5.31")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1179403
Dealers Internal Reference
Bowl 2
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Description
The Nanking Cargo, a Chinese porcelain bowl, c. 1751. This is the second of four we recently acquired.
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Delightful bowl of gently sloping form with blue exterior underglaze decoration, part glazed to the interior, sitting upon a raised foot.
Lee Sherman Antiques

Original Christies label to the base, lot number 3206. This is one of four similar bowls we have recently acquired, look out for the others, we are happy to combine shipping.

fig 1. A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim.
fig 1. The Nanking Cargo, a Chinese Porcelain Flared Bowl, C. 1751

Christie’s Amsterdam ‘Nanking Cargo’ label to the base.

Provenance: The Nanking Cargo sale, Christie’s Amsterdam, 28 April – 2 May 1986.

Diameter – 13.5 cm,

Height – 7 cm,

Condition – Excellent. tiny unglazed area under rim, this is from firing. No restoration.

Date of Manufacture

Lee Sherman Antiques has dated this Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Flared Bowl to the 1750s.

Height
7.2cm (2.83")
Width
13.5cm (5.31")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1179403
Dealers Internal Ref
Bowl 2
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Archive I A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

The Nanking Cargo, a Chinese Porcelain Flared Bowl, C. 1751

Archive II A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View II
Archive III A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View III
Archive IV A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View IV
Archive V A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View V
Archive VI A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View VI
Archive VII A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View VII
Archive VIII A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View VIII
Archive IX A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View IX
Archive X A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View X
Archive XI A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim. View XI
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A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim.
The Nanking Cargo, a Chinese porcelain Flared bowl, c. 1751
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A small eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain bowl featuring hand-painted blue floral motifs on a crackle-glazed white body with an unglazed foot rim.
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  • ObjectBowl
  • Period18th century
  • StyleQing Dynasty
  • MaterialPorcelain, Cobalt Pigment
  • ColourBlue and White
  • MotifsFloral sprays, Underglaze blue painting, Crackled glaze, Flared rim
  • SizeH 7.2 cm (3 in) x W 13.5 cm (5 in)

The Nanking Cargo refers to the assemblage of Chinese export porcelain recovered from the shipwreck of the Dutch East India Company ship Geldermalsen, which sank in 1752, providing archaeologists with a precisely dated cargo of eighteenth-century ceramics.

These vessels were crafted from high-fired petuntse and kaolin clay, glazed with transparent feldspathic glaze, and hand-painted using cobalt oxide pigment under the glaze before being fired in a wood or coal-burning kiln.

Authentic pieces typically exhibit characteristic potting imperfections, iron-spotting within the glaze, hand-painted cobalt variations, unglazed foot rims showing the dry white paste, and often auction or museum inventory paper labels affixed during modern salvage dispersals.

This type of object can be displayed on a dark wood bookcase shelf, integrated into a tablescape, or mounted on a custom display stand to highlight its historical form and blue-and-white tonal palette against neutral backgrounds.

Maintain porcelain by dusting gently with a soft, dry cloth, avoiding immersion in water if there are stable hairline fractures or old repairs, and keeping the item away from direct sunlight and areas prone to extreme temperature fluctuations.
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